Grave danger and state repression follow the Chinese feminist movement closely amid crucial times | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

“Shameless”. That was how Hillary Clinton described Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent hosting of a meeting on women’s rights at the United Nations. The event was to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing. The Democratic Party’s presidential candidate was appalled by the hypocrisy of the Chinese…